Costi de meyer



(No Model.)

O. DE MEYER.

PENGIL HOLDER. No. 377,194. Patented Jan. 31, 1888.

W gw W (f i rrreno Arena* 'COSTI DE MEYER, OF BUDVElS,

BOHEMIA, AUSTRIA-HUNGARY.

PENClL-HOLDER.

SPECIPICA'I'ION foz'rning part o Letters Patent No. 377,194, dated January 31, 1888.

(No model) I subject of the King' of Roumania, residing` at Budweis, in the Province of Bohemia, in the Empire of Austria-Hungary, have invented certain new and useful lmprovements in Peneil-Holders; and I do hereby cleelare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others slilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the acconr pauying drawings, and to letters or ligures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this speeification.

Referring to the drawings, Figures l and 2 show by inverted sectional elevat-ions a peneil or erayon holder embodying my improvements. Fi. 3 is a detail view of the actuating and looking sleeve, ani Fig. et is a like view showing aslight modifieation in the construction thereof.

The invention relates to pencil, crayon, or pen holders of thatclass in which means are provided to retract the pencil, erayon, or pen within its inelosing case or handle, and has for its object to provide a simple means whereby the said pencil, crayon, or pen may be projeeted out of its casing` and loclced into position for use and retractcd again by simply inverting the holder or handle.

To these ends the invention consists in the construction of the holder, and in combinations of parts whereby the desired results are attained,substantiallyashereinafterdescribed, and as set forth in the claims.

In the drawings, A indieates vthe tubular casing,` or handle closed at one end and pro- Vided with a nozzle, (z, at the other end. Vithin the handle is secured a guide-tube, B, in which is formed a longitudinal slot, b, one end of which terminates in a lateral or horizontal branch, b', Figs. l and 2. Vithin said tube is closely fitted the pencilearrier O,which may be ofv any desired construction and c0n tains the peneil C'. The pencil-carrier C is provided with a radial pin, c, that projects through the slot b of the guidetubc and through or into a longitndinal slot, d', formed in a wcighted or gravity sleeve, D, loosely fitted and moving freely on the guide tube B. The slot d' has two inclined faees, dt' (P, at the opposite ends thereof, said inclined faces ex tending in reverse direetions or from opposite sides of the slot, so that when either of said faces comes in contact with the pin d the tendeney will be to rotate the pencil-carrier O on its axis,the said pin being, as above stated, rigidly secured to said holder.

When the handle A is turned into the position shown in Fig. 1,with the nozzle a upward; the pencilearrier O will be retracted within its inclosing,` casing or handle and within the guidetube B. XVhen, on the contrary, the handle A is turned with the nozzle downward, as shown in Fig. 2,the sleeve D, as well as the pencil-holder proper, will move together' on the tube B until the pin c reaches the end of the slot b in said tube B. The inelined face (12 now comes' in contact with the pin c, and causes it to move laterally into the horizontal branch 1/ of the slot and will there be held bv the sleeve, the end of the peneil-carrier O prdjecting out of the handle A sufliciently for use of the pencil (3/.

The sleeve D is of such a weight as to cause it to move rapidly on tube B and exert such power on pin c as to impart the necessary partial rotation to the carrier O. To prevent the rotation of the sleeve D in tube B, when either of the inclined faces comes in contact with the pin c it is provided with a tongue, (I, that has a lip, d, Fig'. S, that fits into the longitudinal slot Z) of the guide-tube B. The tongue (Z also serves to limit the inward movenient of the sleeve D, and is of such a length as to prevent the pin c from moving,` out of the open end of slot d' in said sleeve.

It is obvious that when the parts are in the position shown in Fig. 2, and the holder is invertcd into the position shown in Fig. 1, the sleeve D will move along tube B until the inclined face d of the slot d' comes in contact with the pin c, when said pin will be moved laterally thereby out of the horizontal branch b' into the slot Z), and both the sleeve D and holderO will move together to the limit of their inward motion,determined by the tongue d of said sleeve, the 'carrier O being withdrawn into the handle, as shown in Fig'. 1.

The form of the slot cl' in sleeve D may be varied,and a curvilincar slot, as shown in Fig. 4, may be formed in said sleeve,the effect on the pin c being the same as above described; but as the sleeve is not free to move on the tube by reason of the frictional contact, as well as the resistance of the pin to the motion of the sleeve, the Weight of the latter should besufficiently increased to overcome said resistance.

1. In a pencil-ca1'rier,the combination,with the tubular handle, a vtubular guide secured therein and provided with an L-shaped slot, and a pencilcarrier fitted loosely in the guide and having a radial pin projecting through the slot thereof0 of a propelling device operating on the carrier-pin by gravity to move said carrier along and impart tov it a parti'al rotation in the guide, substantially as and for the purpose specified. i

` 2. In a pencil-holder, the combination,with the tubular handle, a tubular guide secured therein and provided with an L-shaped slot, and a pencil-carrier fitted and moving freely in the guide and having a radial pin projecting through the slot thereof, of a tubular pro- -pelling device movable on the guide and op- Having dcscribed my invention, what I clainierating by gravity on the pin to propel the carrier along and impart to it a partial rotation in said guide, and a looking device to lock the tubular propelling device against rotation 011- the guide, substantially as4 and for the purpose specified.

3. In a pencil-holder', the combination,with v in the guide and having a radial pin project-- ing through the slot thereof, ofa tubular propelling device niovable on the guide and operating by gravity on the pin to propel the carrier along and irnp'art to it a partial rotation in said guide, a looking device to lock the propeller against rotation on the guide, and means to limit the movements of said propeller, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof I affix niy signature in presence of two witnesses. v

COSTI DE MEYER. W'itnesses:

EDMUND J Ussn'N,

OTTO SOHIFFER. 

